05:57 AM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) will sign the European Union's voluntary code of practice aimed at helping companies comply with the bloc's new Artificial Intelligence Act, the company said Wednesday in a blog post by Global Affairs President Kent Walker.

"We do so with the hope that this code... will promote European citizens' and businesses' access to secure, first-rate AI tools," Walker said.

He said the company is concerned that the AI Act and code of practice risk would slow Europe's development and deployment of AI.

"In particular, departures from EU copyright law, steps that slow approvals, or requirements that expose trade secrets could chill European model development and deployment, harming Europe's competitiveness", Walker added.